Division II Men

St. Anselm Beats No. 6 NYIT with Seven Ticks Left

from press release

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. - Midfielder Tyler Steinetz (Sparta,
N.J.) scored the go-ahead goal with only seven seconds left as the
Saint Anselm College men's lacrosse team posted a 6-5 victory over
No. 6 New York Institute of Technology Monday afternoon at
President's Stadium. The Hawks collect their first victory of the
season, evening their record at 1-1 on the young season. The Bears
drop their first contest of the season, falling to 2-1 overall.

With only seven seconds remaining on the clock, Steinetz potted
his second goal of the season off of a Geoff Kennedy (Gloucester,
Mass.) feed to grant the Hawks a victory in the waning seconds of
the contest. The Bears, the No. 6 ranked team nationally according
to the most recent United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Association/NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse polls, are the first
nationally-ranked opponent defeated during the tenure of Hawks Head
Coach Steve Gaudreau.

With just over three minutes expired in the first quarter, the
Bears found goals from Brandon Gamblin and Jason Smith to jump
ahead to a 2-0 margin. An unassisted strike by sophomore attack
Andrew Messner (Wakefield, R.I.) halved the NYIT advantage, but
Cory Triola added a goal to conclude the quarter with Saint Anselm
trailing by two goals.

Sophomore midfielder Ryan Mee (Medway, Mass.) notched his first
goal of the season off a Messner feed with 11:18 remaining in the
second, cutting into the Hawks deficit. Messner struck for his
second of the contest at 2:03 of the second quarter, tying the
score at three before a Ryan Brunet goal with 10 seconds remaining
in the half granted the Bears a 4-3 lead entering halftime.

In the second half of the game, Saint Anselm outscored their
opponent by a 3-to-1 margin, as senior midfielder Michael DeVita
fired home his first goal of the season to tie the score at four
apiece with 11:42 remaining in the period. Kennedy scored his first
collegiate goal with 9:08 left in the third quarter to temporarily
place the Hawks ahead by a 5-4 margin. Gamblin tallied his second
goal of the game with an unassisted goal with 5:35 remaining in the
game, tying the game once again and setting up Steinetz for his
game-winning goal.

Hawks goaltender Jonathon O'Reilly (Plano, Texas) earned his
first victory of the season, allowing only five goals on 15 shots
on net. Bears goaltender Billy McGee was saddled with the loss,
dropping to 2-1-0 on the season after allowing six goals on 20
shots.

NOTABLES: Saint Anselm has never defeated the New York Institute
of Technology in program history...Forward Andrew Messner is in the
midst of a nine-game point streak, scoring 12 goals and 11 assists
for 23 points (12-11=23) during that span...Goaltender Jonathon
O'Reilly secured his first collegiate victory by turning aside
10-of-15 shots on goal in this afternoon's victory.